Shingle-fastener.



C. S. PERRY.

SHINGLE FASTBNBR.

APPLICATION FILED 001223, 1909.

1,031,368. Patented July 2, 1912.

CHARLES S. PERRY, OF ST. ELMO, TENNESSEE.

SHINGLE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Application filed. October 23, 1909. Serial No. 524,227.

To all whom it may concern ing I completely overcome this great Be itknown that I, CHARLES S. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residingat St. Elmo, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingle- Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infastening devices for securing shingles or roofing tile which areusually made of concrete, terra cotta, or other plastic material.

The device has for its object to provide means whereby the shingles maybe secured to the roof sheathing without danger of cracking or breakingthe tile.

A further object is to provide a cap adapted to be positioned in anopening adjacent to one end of the tile and disposed below the uppersurface thereof, said cap having a central aperture through which asecuring nail is driven.

A still further obj eet is to provide means for securing the shingles inposition, said securing means being covered and entirely hidden fromview by the next adjacent course of shingles.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a fragmentof a roof showing the shingles secured thereto by my improved fasteningdevice; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; and Fig. 3 is 'a detail perspectiveview of the fastening.

The present invention is devised with a view to providing convenientmeans for securing a shingle or tile formed of concrete, terra cotta, orsimilar plastic material, to the roof or other surface upon which it islaid. Owing to the brittle nature of such tiles it is almost impossibleto drive nails or other fasteners through the plastic material withoutbreaking and crumbling the same. By means of the device hereinafterdescribed and illustrated in the accompanying dgag- 1 culty and providea fastener which while extremely simple in form and inexpensive tomanufacture is peculiarly eflicacious in use.

In the drawing 5 indicates the shingles or tile which are disposed uponone another in regular courses which is theusual manner of shinglingroofs. Each of the shingles is provided centrally and adjacent to thereduced end thereof with an opening 6 which as shown in the drawing isof circular form and the wall thereof extends downwardly and inwardly atan inclination. This opening is enlarged at the upper surface of thetile toprovide a shoulder 7. Within this opening and upon provedfastening cap 8 is disposed.

The cap 8 is formed from a single sheet of metal and is bent downwardlyto provide a circular shallow body portion, the circumscribing wall ofwhich is downwardly and inwardly inclined as shown at 9 at a slightlygreater angle than the wall of the opening 6. This cap is preferablycircular in plan and is provided with a lateral circumscribing flange 10at the upper edge of the body portion thereof. This flange is seatedupon the shoulder 7 and when in position in the shingle the uppersurface of the flange is positioned below the surface of the shingle.WVhen the next course of shingles is laid they will extend below andcompletely cover the fastening cap. After the cap is placed in theopening 6 it is secured to the sheathing of the roof by means of a nailor other suitable securing member 12. In this manner the cap and theshingle are securely held against movement. The shingles 5 are of theusual form and gradually taper from end to end, the thinner end beindisposed upon the roof sheathing and the iicker end being lapped uponthe thin end of the adjacent course of shingles and disposed over thesecuring caps.

It will be noted upon reference to Fig. that the inclination of the wallof the opening 6 in the shingle is different from that of the taperedportions 9 of the cap, so that a downwardly widening annular space isformed between the wall of the cap and the wall of the opening in theshingle or tile. It will be also noted that the bottom of the cap liesdirectly on the roof or other base so that no portion of the shingle ortile is interposed between the bottom of the cap and the base and hencethe nails 12 may be driven into the base and their heads caused to bearon the inner sides of the bottoms of the caps without exerting stress onthe shingles or tiles and hence entirely avoid danger of breaking themas the blows on the nails are not directly communicated to the tiles theshoulder 7 my imbut are taken up by the caps, independently of thetiles.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A structure embodying a base, a plastic tile on the base provided with adownwardly tapered opening extending entirely therethrough from itsupper to its lower side and having a countersink at its upper side, and

a sheet metal cap comprising a downwardly Y tapered wall in said openingand inclining at an angle to the wall of said openmg so that a space isformed between the wall of the cap and the wall of the opening, a bottombearing directly on the base and having an opening, and a flange at theupper, larger side of the wall and fitting in the countersink of thetile, and a headed securing member driven into the base, through theopening in the bottom of the cap, the head of 20 said securing memberbearing on the bottom of the cap, the depth of the countersink in thetile being at least equal to the thickness of the flange of the cap.

In testimony whereof I hereuntoafiix my 25 Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,Washington, D. C.

